Printing and folding machine.



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No. 753,640. PATENIIIINMNN. '1 1904.

W. SCOTT.

PRINTING AND FOLDING MACHINII- APPLICATION FILED MAY 14. 1901.

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PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER SCOTT, foE PLATNEIELD, NEW JERSEY.

PRINTING AND FOLDING.4 MACHINE.

l SEGIFICATION'fbrmng part of-Letters Patent N 0. 753,640, dated March 1, 1904.'

Application filed May 14, 1901. Serial No. 60,197. (No model.)

To all when@ it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER SCOTT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Plainfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Printing and Folding Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of modern printing and folding machines wherein a web is perfected in a rotary printing-press having the page-columns running around the cylinders and is then led to a suitable longitudinal folding-machine where it is cut transversely and delivered folded one or more times.

The invention is equally applicable where several webs are perfected by several presses and where there are more than one foldingmachine.

'It is applicable also where the webs carry four ages abreast and are run to a plurality of follding-machines which manipulate different sections thereof.

The invention may be used also in the case where the form-columns run along the cylinders and the folding takes place primarily along lines parallel witlrV the columns of the printed pages. The sheets may be severed from the webs in any known way and at any known time, according to the nature of the .folding-machine used, as before, after, or during the folding operation. l

The main object f this invention is to adapt the whole machine to peculiar situations, as where the floor-space is of Such a configuration that the center of the printing mechanism and the center of the folding mechanism cannot be set in one line, as where a wall, pillar, or another machine forms an obstruction.

Another object 'is to smooth out each web,

Where more than one is used, before it is associated with another web.

In its general features this invention consists in web-perfecting printing mechanism thro ugh which the web-path lies in one planethat is, all the webs move in one general plane, se to say-combined with folding mechanism 'into which the paper passes by a path in a plane parallel to and at one side of its original plane of travel-that is, said printing and folding mechanisms are arranged with the folding mechanism offset laterally with respect to the printing mechanism and means interposed between said printing and folding mechanisms for offsetting each web from the first to the second of said pathways before the webs are associated or brought into register with each other.. The invention also includes other combinations of devices.

The preferred form of the invention is illustratedin' the accompanying drawings', forming part of this specication, in which- Figure 1 is a diagrammatic side elevation of a machine in which the invention is embodied. Fig. 2 is a partial plan of the same, and Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic side elevation of a modified arrangement.

In the drawings I have omitted the framework generally; also, all driving mechanisms, as these may be of any known or suitable character, and generally all those adjuncts or parts known in theart and which any competent designer of printing-machines can supply, such as a delivery mechanism and the operative parts of a folding mechanism, the purpose of said omissions being to secure clearness of illustration. y

In illustrating my present invention I have elected to show ,three web-perfecting printingpresses A B C, arranged one above another in a common frame, (frame not shown fully,) together with a single longitudinal foldingmachine F and a pair of angle-bars D for each web for offsetting the same from the printing to the folding mechanism. The sides of the framework for the..printingpresses and that for the folder are not in line with each other, but are joined by offsets E.

The web a passes around guide-rolls d and a register-roll e to the upper pair of angle f. A paste-disk /l may be used to `apply a ICO may be supplied to the disk la in any suitable f way. In like manner the web c is led from the press C about rollers dto the corresponding pair of angle-bars D and around them to av guide-roller v1 and an adjustable register-roll g l to the roller f aforesaid. Aline of paste may be laid along the web c by means of a pastel disk L, the lower of the corresponding pair of l bars D and the roll k being suitably grooved to permit the-paste to pass them without touching.

'Ihe webs a b c are associated and pasted together when paste is used at the roller f and pass to the folding mechanism and are foldedj together, after which they may becut into l sheets and these be folded and delivered in any known manner or by any known mechanism. (Not shown.) A

The webs a b c may be supported' by running tapes 7: between the roller d and the bars D, said tapesrunning on rollers d and on pulleys m, take-up rollers or pulleys n being used to keep the tapes taut, as usual in this class of machines, and I remark that the tapes k and the roller f may be driven at a slightlyhigher surface speed than the surface speed of the cylinders ofthe presses in order to keep i the webs taut and to move them about the; bars D at the same rate of speed as that with tical plane, of mechanism for folding the pawhich they leave their respective presses.

It is noted that each web before it is asso--` ciated with any other web is offset by being drawn around parallel bars placed one above another at different levels and set at an angle to the course of the web other than an angle of forty-live degrees and that each web is smoothed out by' being drawn over such bars before any association occurs, whereby wrinkles or folds and tearing of the web is avoided i in the folded products delivered by the machine.

In Fig. 1 the distances separating the members of each pair of bars D are equal' in all cases, andthe bars D are all parallel with each other and are set at the same angle to the;

angle of the pair of bars D, corresponding with the web b, with the said web is more nearly a right angle than is the case with the angle made with web a by the corresponding pair of bars D. In every case, however, the members of each pair of bars D are parallel to each other. The rule for finding the angle between the bars D for any web and the course of that web may be expressed as follows: The tangent of such angle (acute) is equal to the perpendicular distance between the pair of bars (these being vertically one over the other) divided by the lateral displacement or offset of one edge of the web.

Itis understood, of course, that one or more of the printing-presses may be silenced or stopped while the remainder is in use; also, the presses capable of printing four pages of the maximum size abreast on a web and a plurality of folders arranged side by sideor in other ways may be used and that in such a case one or more of the folding mechanisms may be silenced or rendered inoperative while the remainder may be in use, whereby many varied products may be secured, all without departing from the spirit of this invention or the scope of my claims. It, will beunderstood also that the register-rolls e and g may be adjustable, as usual, for the purpose of causing proper register of the printed matter as the webs are associated; also, that registerrolls for the webs may be used in the case illustrated in Fig. 8, or the register maybe secured by turning the form or plate cylinders forward or back while the cutting mechanism remains stationary, and soy also of the folding mechanism. l

What is claimed as new is- 1. The combination with web-perfecting mechanism through which the web passes with its central longitudinal line always in one verper along a longitudinal line, the path of the paper into said folding mechanism and during -such longitudinal folding being in a vertical plane at one side of and substantially `parallel to the first-named vertical plane, and means interposed between said printing and folding ymechanisms for moving the paper laterally from the first to the second of said paths, the whole being so arranged as that no part of the paper can pass into said folding mechanism without such lateral transfer, substantially as described.

2. The combination with web-perfecting printing mechanism through which the webp'ath lies in one plane, of folding mechanism into which the paper always passes by a path substantially parallel tosaid web-path, and parallel angle-bars for each web, said bars being arranged in pairs the members of which are at different levels and set at an angle to the and substantially parallel with said central IOO IIO

line or vertical plane, and means for moving the paper laterally from one to the other of said planes, the combination and arrangement being such that no part of the paper passes from the presses to the folding mechanism without being transferred laterally, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a plurality of webperfecting printingpressesV arranged one above another and adapted to deliver each a web, of folding mechanism into which the paper always passes by a path substantially parallel to the web-path through said presses, and a pair of parallel angle-bars for each web, the members of each pair being placed at different levels and set at an angle to the said web-path dependent upon the distance between said members and the amount of the offset of the web passing therearound in moving from its first to its path into said folding mechanism.

5. The combination of a plurality of webperfecting presses arranged one above another and adapted to deliver each a web, a folding mechanism into which the paper always passes by a path at one side of and substantially parallel to the web-path through said presses, and two parallel angle-bars for each web, the bars of each set being on different levels at the same distance apart and placed at the same angle.

6. The combination with a plurality of webperfecting presses arranged one above another, and adapted to deliver each a web, of a folding mechanism into which the paper always passes by a path substantially parallel to the web-path through said presses, and two parallel angle-bars for each web set at dierent levels, the bars of each set being the same distance apart and placed at the same angle.

7 The combination with a plurality of webperfecting presses arranged one above another and adapted each to deliver a web, of a folding mechanism into which the paper always passes by a path at one side of and substantially parallel to the web-path through said presses, means for moving each web laterally from one to the other of said pathways, the points at which each web leaves one and enters the other of said pathways being on different levels, and adjustable rollers for securing register before the webs come into contact with each other.

8. The combination with a plurality of webperfecting presses arranged one above another and adapted each to deliver a web, of a folding mechanism into which the paper passes by a path at one side of and substantially parallel with the web-path through said presses,

angle-bars for moving each web laterally from.

one to the other of said paths, the angle-bars for each web being on different levels and means for leading the webs from the printingpresses tosaid angle-bars.

9. The combination with a web-perfecting printing-press, a longitudinal folding-machine placed substantially parallel with said press butin a different vertical plane, and two parallel turning bars located at different levels and placed between said printing and folding mechanisms at such an angle thereto that the web in its course from one to the other of said bars will be shifted laterally from the plane of the Lprinting-press to the plane of the folding-machine.

10. The combination with a plurality of webperfecting printing presses arranged one above anotherand adapted to deliver each a web', the web-path through said presses lying in one plane, a folding mechanism into which the paper passes by a path substantially parallel with said web-path, and two parallel angle-bars for each web, the distance between the members of one pair being greater than the distance between the members of the other pair of bars, the bars having the greater distance between them being placed at a more acute angle to the printing-cylinders than are the bars having the shorter distance between them, whereby the webs will be delivered associated to the folding mechanism.

l1. In a printing and folding machine, the combination of means for offsetting a traveling web from one to another vertical plane consisting of a -pair of parallel horizontal bars or guides placed at different levels, with a perfecting-press through which the web passes in the first-named vertical plane, and a folding mechanism through which said web passes while in the second-namedplane, substantially as described.

12. In a printing and folding machine, the combination of means for diverting a web from a path in one vertical plane to a path in another vertical plane substantially parallel to the lirst, the points where the web leaves one and enters the other path being on different levels, with printing mechanism delivering the web into the first-named path, anda folding mechanism into which the web passes' while moving in the second path, substantially as described.

13. In a printing and folding machine, the combination of means for diverting webs moving in one vertical plane into another vertical plane substantially parallel with the first, the points where the Webs leave the rst plane and enter the second plane being on different levels, with a plurality of web perfecting presses delivering said webs into said plane first named, and a longitudinal folder arranged with its axis in said second-named plane, substantially as described.

14.. In a printing and folding machine, the combination of means for perfecting a plurality of webs, said means being arranged one above another and the webs all moving one way, a longitudinal folding mechanism arranged with its axis substantially parallel to and offset laterally with respect to the verti- IOO cal plane in which the printing means are arranged, and parallel angle-bars arranged at different levels for shifting said webs laterally from the iirst to the other of said planes, substantially as described.

l5. In a printing and folding machine, the combination of'a plurality of Web-perfecting presses arranged onev above another with their webs all moving the same Way, a longitudinal folding mechanism arranged with its axis substantially-parallel to and oset laterally with respect to the vertical plane of said presses, and pairs of parallel angle-bars, one pair for. each web, the members-of each. pair -being arranged at different levels for shifting said Webs laterally from the rst to the second of said planes, substantially as described'.

16. In a printing and folding machine, the combination of means for osetting a Web from one plane to another plane parallel thereto consisting of a pair of horizontal 'parallel guides lying at different levels and forming an angle With the course'of the web thereto and therefrom, with a Web-perfecting press, and a longitudinal folder Whose axis is at one side of and parallel to the central margin or margins of said web as the web leaves said press.

17. In a printing and folding machine, means for osetting a web from one to another vertical plane, said planes being substantially parallel with each other, consisting oi a pair of parallel horizontal bars placed at different levels and forming an angle with the course of the web .thereto and therefrom, in combination with a Web-perfecting press, and

a longitudinal folder whose axis is at one side of and. parallel Ato the central margin or margins of said web as said Web leaves said press.

Signed at New York city, in the county of 40 New York and State of New York, this 9th day of May, A. D. 1901.

. WALTER SCOTT. Witnesses:

RICHARD W. BARKLEY, RITA BRADT. 

